[2] Connors retained his place at left corner-back for the subsequent All-Ireland final against Kilkenny CBS on 22 April 2007.
[3] Connors was eligible for the De La Salle College senior hurling team again the following year, and won a second successive Harty Cup medal on 9 March 2008 after a 1-11 to 0-07 defeat of Thurles CBS.
[4] On 19 April 2008, Connors was at right wing-back when De La Salle College defeated Thurles CBS in a replay to win the All-Ireland Championship for the second year in-a-row.
Connors made his first appearance for the Waterford minor hurling team in a 3-15 to 0-09 Munster Championship quarter-final defeat by Cork.
[8] Connors subsequently played for three seasons the Waterford under-21 hurling team, however, he ended his tenure in that grade without any silverware.
[9] Later that season he played in all six of Waterford's National Hurling League games, before making his first championship start in a 1-08 to 0-11 Munster semi-final draw with Limerick.
[11] He lined out for the full 70 minutes at left corner-back in Waterford's subsequent 4-14 to 2-16 defeat by Tipperary in the 2009 Munster final.
[20] On 12 July 2015, Connors played the full 70 minutes when Waterford were beaten for the fourth time in six seasons by Tipperary in the 2015 Munster final.
[25] On 3 September 2017, Connors lined out opposite Galway's Conor Whelan in his usual position of left corner-back in the 2017 All-Ireland final.